The older E gets, the more interesting it is to talk to him. It’s gone from demands to short sentences to stories. Sometimes they’re true, sometimes they’re completely made up, and sometimes I’m left confused wondering.
E: Mama look at my boo boo
Me: Oh no!
E: I told it to my teachers yesterday
Me: Oh yeah? And what did they say?
E: The scooped me up and threw me in the trash!
Me: How did that make you feel?
This is how crazy my life feels sometimes. I did something fun and awesome and just for me (ie without kids!) and I stayed up much too late to do it.. and somehow it’s been three weeks now and I’m just telling you about it. Because I still woke up the next morning as the mama to two little humans who did not care if I was tired. They did not want to hear my stories or look at my pictures. They wanted to be carried and sung to and entertained. And so that’s what I did.
I knew I was in trouble the minute I walked in the room. E had a fire truck with a working ladder and was completely enthralled with moving it up and down. I knew I had no chance of getting it out of his hands and getting him out of the room without a meltdown. Normally I'm super thankful that E loves school so much, but I do miss the days when he used to run into my arms with a smile at pickup. Instead, I dealt with a meltdown as predicted and tried not to take it personally.
He's been a little cranky lately. A little off. Quick to whine or get upset, waking up more at night, crying in his sleep. We're not sure why.. growing pains, being a toddler, getting sick...eventually he'll actually be teething one of these times.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
...we were young, single, and living in the city. We'd go to the movies at least twice a week. We'd see concerts on week nights, we'd go to comedy shows and musicals and anything we could get tickets to.
We'd wander the streets looking for new restaurants, places to shop, things to do. No T ride was too long, no hour was too late, it was all doable. And FUN!
One of the lists from my 52 Lists Journal asked me to "list the a soundtrack to your life right now." I'm not sure how you go about creating your own soundtrack, or if there's supposed to be special meaning behind it, but I pretty much went for the songs that have been making me happy as I listen to them lately: